2014 (Team 94) WK1 Green Bay @ Seattle Gamethread

TT needs to take a big part of the blame.  When you have the two worst inside linebackers in football and you draft no one that's on you Teddy.

I see several chicken littles posting.  Again.

"Oh to be right like you, a game didn't work out, my gawd, again agaiN agaIN, agAIN!"

Slather your hindsight with ineptitude of foresight.

Yup, you are right, season done.  Might as well stop watching and caring.  

DOOM DESPAIR AND sandwiches.

I'm in the mood for roast beast, swiss, spicy deli mustard, and onion, on a nice caraway rye.

It's not over yet, Cavetoad, but it looks pretty bad out of the gate.

What kind of beast?

Good thing that I don't work on Fridays.

The worst part about, and I place the blame directly on TT, is that he watched 50 and 59 toil around GB for a few years and STILL signed them both to new contracts with fat salaries.  

I am hungry

^THIS^

How effin smart can u be with hair like that? seriously

Nope but they got beat down like they were the Jaguars.  More like polishing an inverted rectum.  They got destroyed.

The worst part about a loss like this is having to listen to the talking heads all week. 

Maybe TTs deer in the headlights thang is more problem than lovable grandpaish trait?

C'mon now, it isn't as if TT has had ten drafts to find a quality ILB or two. 

Most points allowed on opening day since 1983, one of the worst defenses in Packers history.

weird one or two d lineman formations..... what is with that stuff. we are weak on D....again. I cant take this ****

That's a choice.  Don't tune in... it's refreshing.

Ok..  This game was a big example of why Ted Thompson should have been fired and not extended.  This is a 4-12 team if not for AR-12.

Basically, with weak we are on both lines, we will be lucky to hit 8-8.  He is well past his prime and should have been gone last offseason.

This team is terrible in the front 7 on D as well as on the offensive line.  There is no excuse for it being this bad.

It's their new look defense that's built on SPEED! Wow look at all those guys standing up and nobody putting their hand on the ground they are gonna fool that Seattle offense!

My worst fear with this D was realized tonight..emphatically. Seattle destroyed them up the middle with their physical run game all night long. They had nothing to counter, no answers...nothing

It's only 1 game but this is the team/similar teams they'll be having to face come playoff time to get tot he SB and they got dominated. Absolutely dominated. Defense literally showing zero improvement from what we saw last year. Big time gutcheck for me as a fan to temper my expectations with this club. This offense will be lethal(though it wasn't tonight, thanks to Seattle's suffocating defense) but once again it's looking like this defense will hold them back from truly being a championship caliber team

First game.... road game vs. the defending Superbowl championsand the leg humpers are calling season over.

Seattle D flies around the field and actually tackle.  

One constant - miserable MLB play for us.   The GM that played this position appears to know the least about how to stock that position.  

$herrod is who I knew he was.

I've been calling Dom Capers out for at least the last three years. Yet our defense keeps getting embarrassed. It doesn't really matter who we're playing, just takes a good football team. 200 yards rushing or 400 yards passing by Colin Kaepernick. Seattle tonight, or Adrian Peterson. The one constant is our defense looks slow, and inept. Blown coverages left and right, one missed tackle after another. We have arguably the best quarterback in the NFL, and we are wasting his prime years by hanging an albatross of a defense around his neck. 

I'd only blame TT for not doing more once Raji went down.  I get the "don't panic" mantra, but relying on Guion, a mediocre Vikings castoff, is quite a leap of faith.

Really though, the coaches may not be seeing the forest for the trees.  They may like Hawk and Jones because they are assignment-sure, but at some point, you have to trust the young guys.  Barrington is an intriguing player.  Hell, Bradford may even be a very good ILB, but you'd never know that because the coaches insisted trying him outside nearly the entire preseason even though he was engulfed by huge RT's, and couldn't disengage with his short arms.

Shut the **** up.  Seriously.

If Bulaga can come back healthy, this loss won't sting as bad.  But if that was a season ender, that will limit the expectations for the offense for the rest of the year.  Sherrod is not in his class as a player.

TT has turned cornerback and OLB into positions of strength, but let's be clear: the inside linebackers and the lack of depth on the o-line is on Thompson. This didn't sneak up on anyone -- this has been the same story on repeat for 3 straight off-seasons and nothing has been done.

The rest of the D is on Capers. The guy just can't out-scheme anyone. They defend read option, jet sweeps, play fakes, etc. like an overmatched college defense. 

Do you really anticipate anything other than a torn ACL?

If Green Bay does not get physical like Seattle and San Fran is, they are always going to be dominated by these two teams.

I am talking about the D getting physical.

That's a fact... GB can't roll with the elite teams in the NFL.  Sad but true.

Running from the Pack's NT to ILBs = Running from a turnstile to another turnstile.

All I know is that Seattle is the greatest team ever. Doesn't matter  what aspect of the game. they are the greatest. Did I mention they are the greatest.

Good news... MM is going to evaluate it and correct it.  

Everybody can calm down now.  

McCarthy talking now. Says Bulaga is knee sprain. Lets hope its correct

Part of the problem is we went into the season relying on Bulaga to be "the guy", and we don't have a lot behind him if he gets hurt. Well, he's hurt, and the guy behind him, Sherrod, who himself suffered a terrible broken leg, is that the guy you want starting for 16 games?

Signing Peppers might help the pass rush, but I'd have rather we spent money actually improving the offensive line, because once again, Rodgers is running his butt off trying just to get his passes off. 

If Bulaga is hurt, and it didn't look good, then I am concerned about the whole line again. We already have a rookie at center, who I thought did well under the circumstances. But I don't see Sherrod staying healthy for 16 games, let alone playing effectively. 

Think you're right.  Having yet another first rounder unavailable is killing this team.

So, Bulaga is dead. When's the funeral? I'll send flowers. 

Knee sprain.  I've read this book before.

Lol knee sprain in McCarthy speak = torn ACL

Thought you'd show up with a bouquet and box of chocolates.

Whew, please let it be so.